March 20, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1364

Toughie No 1364 by Sparks

Escape from the Labyrinth

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment ****

An excellent puzzle to end the week. My only problem was with the wordplay for 18 Across.

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DT 27754

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27754

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a beautiful sunny morning which has given us an excellent view of today’s partial eclipse. Rather more successful in that respect than the total eclipse in 1999 where we stood on a clifftop in South Devon looking at total cloud cover – though the sight of the line of darkness rushing across the sea towards us remains in the memory.… Continue reading

DT 27749

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27749

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 14th March 2015

A fairly average Saturday puzzle – but could our setter be a Jane Austen fan??

 

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